The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

FOR i sUN. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' AGENTS. Ne sutor ultra crepidant. M. EDITOR,--4 have to apologize for a TEM ?oilier( digression from the pursuit of a subject - which EMBRACES the permanent interests of the COMMUNITY, by a short reply to the scurrilous observations of a Correspondent under THE SIG SATURE of SIMoN. As it occurs tit me such re ply may be expected by your Readers, it is indif ferent to ine whether he is a IlacKturt WRITER, the -SON of a DRUMMER Of an OViTER WOMAN. The case adverted to by Ateornottss, and upon which I have before observed seems to have excited a degree Lusa:ova, accompanied by tHaekTs \ which have no other influence on ma than the calling forth the DEFIANCE of my FaN. 1 will not b. swerved front my ORIGIWAL pur pose by any suck THRBSTS ; an't if Sniox pur poses to meet me ia the field cot COMPIITITION, expect hint to do it through the mentog of the PaF.ss—the only legalized channel which 1 shall PUtit,Ug With Such a combatant. Although the conduct in the Exeter case may be treced to au itttlivido4l there, the OrrROIIRIUM still attaches to him in the CAPACITY OF AN AcIP.NT, et much as if he had been a U.IDIMT itl Lot:n(lN ; 111(1 SIP4u leas admitted that, in (We else at least, the AGENT is lINTETLRI) to tllt ♦t'PILLATIOIf ttf A RASCAL-1 meatv the Agent to whom ATT(IRNATUS had alluded at Exeter. (!p Oft groat /Mc! ILL-TIMED EPITHET Of ~ , CK AA. , it i€, in my estittrition, quite nut of place on the present occasion ; for where Stleil Aiattt , :DkNT PflOti FS are furnished tIyAGVNTS, where of the ruhlic sn much complain, atty Writer on this subject leas AveLa means of CAT Eat NG for HIM. 11E11..1'. It has NSYRR been said by me that none hut Atrocities Siltltild FILL ur SCHEDULES, Notices, or Advectisentents—rhe Debtors arc fully autho• sized to do it themselves ; and it they are in competent, Cleve is no objection to their employ itt:; A. DRUMMER, or any one else who can write INTELLIGIBLY. So far from considering, such as sist:ince as cawing reproach on those who render it, I ant willing to contribute my share of appro bation for the services so rendered but fdo sratNUOUSLY our Fer and paorFsr against any person our uf the Profession taking upon, hilaself the ti:lfifr'S taZidi liELUNG TO £T, either in the lu solveilt Court, or any of his M4jesty's Courts . tvestiumster or elsewhere and I sli4ll beg leave to c/‘•se this by a Waagzsm to Stich persons agAilisc the risk of incurring penalties, with which the M?.EIE HACKNEW CANNOT PP Al , - rtiCTED and, without meaning to go minutely into the various provisions which 'Are made for rendering the practice of the Law ttp.rEcraßLE, and ITS PRACTISEZIS RESPONSIBLE, I be leave to refer your general Readers to the Statute of 7 anti S WILLIAM the Third, chapter 24, witerehy per awls practising the Law cowritA.ar to the prowl sinus of 01;4 Statute way incur the penalties of a it any conclusive arguments ace offered through the medium of your columns, to convince me and your READZEIS, that the observations from my pen are founded in erroneous conclusions, I shall can didly tltitHit THAT conviction. I shall otherwise proceed id the EXICIAMLIVICATLOW OL , ABUSES, 1111- til they become a subject of cos‘rneßATlO br where they gill more 11 , ,sucett1y obtain comtEc-rtort or TOTAL ELEMOVAL. Your's as usual, SCRUTATOIt. FOIL THE SUN. ntrtsoNs PRACTICING AS CONVEYANCERS, AND AN ANSWER TO THE MERCHANT AT BRISTOL. Ma. Eswroii,—'lhe commendable candour uni formly %hew° its your conduct towards every sub ject interesting to the Community, induces sue to offer the following reply to the Merchant of Brig tot:---" By the 12th Stat. Geo. 3. cap. 13. Sec. it is enacted, that no Attorney shall have, tape, or retain, any Clerk, who shall he become bound by Contract in writing, after such Attor ney shall have discontinued or left oft ;" or dur log such time as he shall not actoaliy Practice or carry on the busincts of an Attorney. And by the Bth Section it is euacte'l, that e6ery person who shall become so -bowl& shall, doritig the time of such service continue, and he actually ena ployed by such Attorney or Solicitor, or his or their Agents, in else proper Business, Practice, or Employment of an Attorney or Solicitor ; and this Staitoe remaining in force, many eases have arisen out of it, and amongst them the following ap pears applicable : namely, a Clerk's serving part of the time with another Attorney, although with his Master's conseot, am' the rest of his time with his Master, is nut a good service, toiless he has been duly assigned by his original Master, or shall have entered into a new Conirect with the t~ncer.--Sce 7 Term Reports, 756. Much has been said of late, and very properly, against the practice of certain persons called Azents of the Insolvent Court, Pratgitiug Con ieyancing and Coramon Law ; and an attempt has been made to chew, that they have a right to practise, without capacity, for prisoners seekiug the discharge, before the Magistrates at Quarter Sessions. I give the following clause of the same statute ill contradiction to such attempts, and as warning to such Agents to guard against penal ties, viz. " No person shall act as a Solicitor, Attorney, or AGENT, at arty General or Quarter Sessions, as to the matters of a criminal and civil nature, unless admitted au Attorney of one of the Courts of Itecold at ‘Vestmiuster, and dilly enrolled, and unless such person shall be on the Holt at the time of so acting ; but any person who shall so act, not being admitted sod enrolled as aforesaid, shall be subject to a penalty of and it any Attorney shall permit ail person to Use his uanie, he is liable to be struck off the Roll. As a more concussive answer to the Merchant of Bristol, 1 will venture to express an opinion, that the Young Gentleman whom •he describes should RELINSUISH BOTH HIS SITUATIONS. if he meditates to be au ATTORNEY. 1 would also ad vise that he should enter into a new contract of service with a Practising Attorney, and consider the time be has served as no par, of the period of five years, which is necessary as a preliminary step to his application to be admitted. Ou the subject of Conveyancers who gain their admission by paying a certain premium or admis sion, fee, I sun not unmindful of the numerous able letters which have reached you on that subject ; and not doubting but, as the mischiefs have been CONSIDERARLII, they will call forth future obser vations from oleo who have well digested the subject, I shall waive enlarging upon it at pre sent ; but it does appear in my view of the case, that mental qualifications and endowments have little to do with the real interest of the public, and that if A man hat wealth and connection, be VW obtain his Certificate as a Conueyancer, through the admission alluded to, although he has not been duly matriculated, or gone through a course of legal education. I feel also a strong apprehen sion, that many persons of rank and opulence in the community have suffered considerably front reposing too much confidence in persons who have not been properly versed in the Law of Vendor and Purchaser, or competent to decide on the efficacy of a title submitted to their judgment; as it will not he denied that land-stewards, sur veyors, speculative builders, and jobbers in lands and houses, have engaged in purchases and sales for their employers, without competent legal know ledge to decide on title. It this subject should not be continued by abler bands, I shall devote my best attention to the consideration which its importance seems to demand, and shall again have the honour of addressing the Public through your valuable columns. JusTiTIA. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIiIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle] By the Leeward Inland Parket, we yesterday received Trinidad letters to 12th November, and Orin°lc° Gazettes and letters from Angostura to the end of October, from which we have made extracts. By the same conveyance, some inter cepted letters of General Murillo also reached us, together with a series of correspondence between the latter and the Independent Gen. Zaraza, in October last, in which it appears that the Spanish Com►rtander-in-Chief proposed a general reconci liation, that was rejected with the utmost contempt. The state of affairs in Venezuela wears a most bril liant aspect. The greatest cordiality and unani mity prevails, and the armies are abundantly supplied with all the elements of war. The In dependents in that quarter comtuenced their last campaign with only the arms they had been able to wrest from their enemies on the field of battle ; now they have armed all their soldiers, and have 8000 muskets in deptit. Not one department of the Government his been idle since the last campaign closed. The Generals have been engaged in recruiting and organising their re spective corps, and the Civil Administra tion has been employed in establishing order and regularity, and repairing the ravages of warfare. The Missions, a rich tract of coun try, formerly held in feudal sovereignty by the Ca►alonian Friars, have been placed in a state of cultivation, and the setae encouragements have been extended to the other parts. In the mean time that the Patriots of Veueznela have been or ganizing themselves and gaining strength, the Spirniards have received no reinforcements. Shut up in the towns on the coast, their garrisons have been thinned, and the ►natives, who by force were kept in their ranks, have had an opportunity of knowing the real situation of their brethren iu arms. [.Morning By the Leeward Island Mail, which arrived yes terday, we have received letters from Saint Tho mas's, dated the 24th ult. The object of Lord Cochiane's ambition has at length been develop ed. These letters state, that it was reported there that the Noble Lord had arrived at Mal garetta, in the beginning of November, with a stivadron of five ships, which ate supposed to have joined hint a few days before, and that he had taken the com mand of the whole of the Venezuelian fleet, which was previously under Admiral Brion. In effecting this, he found no difficulty, as the men had been very badly treated by Brion ; they bad re ceived no regular supply of provisions for the last three months ; and being for the greater part of Brifith origin, they were happy to serve under their countryman. Admiral Brion, of course, is represented to have been much enraged at this open mutiny of his men. A subaltern command was offered him, which he rejected with indigna tion, and he expressed himself determined to pro ceed forthwith to Angostura, to know by what au thority the English Admiral had taken possession of his fleet.--The ships brought in by Lord Cochrane were from 3 to 400 tons. They had on board about two hundred and fifty men each, and were armed with from twelve to sixteen guns. Et was not known with certainty at Margaretta whether it was the intention of the new Admiral to remain there ; it was generally believed that be was going , to co-operate with General Paez, api u s t cumanu, The state of the Patriot caHse is represented to be flourishing. The Independents were ►actively preparing to open the campaign. Their land forces are said to consist of nine thousand Hien, who are already to take the field. In a Proclamation recently issued by General Mo rill°, in which he exhorted his soldiers to loyalty and courage in the defence of Cumana against the approaching attack of the Patriots, it was stated that that event would probably take place in December. The General %int, making every exertion to attach to him the army under his command. To some of ►ile best soldiers he had given comntissions, and he supplied the men with double rations. His force is said to be equal to that which is about to be hrought apinst him. --.-Lord Cochrane was preparing a proclamation, in which he would assume the title of Admiral of the Venezuelian fleet. [The Times.] CAPITAL PUNIsHNIENTS ANI) FORGERIES OF BANK NOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sltt—Alchough always reluctant to intrude on public attention, 1 think dint I should be cul pably timid or indolent if 1 did not announce a circumstance communicated to me by a❑ autho rity on which I can rely. William Weller was hanged in the Old Bailey, with Cash man and Driscoll, on Tuesday, the 15th instant, for circu lating forged Bank-nutts. On the proofs of his guilt, or the expedience of his execution, I do not presume to remark; hut after the execution his corpse was delivered for interment to his friends; arid from the very room in which was placed the coffin with that corpse, and during its continuance in that room, some forged Bank-notes have been uttered by his con federates; and three persons have been apprehended for issuing notes, probably obtained at that place, and are com mitted fur further examination for that offence. On this statement it would Ire absurd to dilate. The con clusions arc as obvions as irresistible. The facts demonstrate the total inefficacy of the punishment of death for the sup pression of such crimes. In all future and approaching dis cussions they should not be forgot. They may much aid the efforts of the wise and good to prevail on the Legislature to abolish a punishment so sanguinary and unavailing; and to • compel the Bank of England to resume cash payments, and to make such improvements in their notes as will render forgery wore difficult and detection more certain, and as will protect the com:nunity front fraud, and preserve the virfortunate from temptation and from guilt. Finsbury-place, Dec. 24. JOHN WILES. Assurances are conveyed to us by private let ters from Paris, that the project, which a part of the Administration had entertained in conjunc tion with 0:e body of the Ultra Royalists, to re scind or motii:'y the law of elections, has been abandoned, in deference to, or in terror of, the Fublic sentiment, pronounced as it is with daily in creasing vehemence, in favour of that highly im portant law. It is prophesied, that another scheme which has been in agitation will prove as unsuc cessful as the former. One party of Ministers is said to have proposed, and another to have strongly resisted, first, a temporary suspen sion, and then an absolute repeal of the law in question. The authors of this proposition appear to wish, that there should not be an elec tion for three years to come ; and thenceforth that the Chamber should be renewed all at once, in stead of by fifths, as at present. Now the 37th article of the Charter declares, in plain and posi tive terms, "that the Chamber shall be renewed 1 " every year, by a fifth."—(/bid.) It is said in a Morning Paper of yesterday, that a body of Contractors for the last Loan, and their Subscriber:, presented a Memorial to the Cl►an cellor of the Exchequer against the engagement of the Bank to return to Cash Payments. This, if true, is something like the Petition of the Agri cultural People for raising the Importation Price of Corn. What would become of the mass of the Nation, if these two parties might be suffered to grind it in turn ?—(lbid.) o .* For THE COLONlES,—S'TAcKfiousz,—and B. on Poor BATE:, see the First Pare.-..-Fur PROVINCIAL JOURNALS, see the Last Page. DAY.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, Eas' India, and South Sca Houses, this day. MAILS. AltRIV£l,-1 Dublin, t Holland, I Flanders, I Malta. DUE-2Waterford, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, I Sweden, 2 Ham. burgh, I Holland, 1 Lisbon. HIGH NVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mortnow /turning, 8 lairiutei A (ter 1. I Evening, 33 minutes alter THE SUN. SQLCLI qui, mci:RE FALsum AtiL)lo,2 ? LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1818. We receiver! this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday last. The following are extracts : " Pants, DEC. 2.2.—Yesterday the President, Viee-Presidents, and Secretaries, composing the Bureau, constituted by the Chamber of Deputies, had the honour of being presented to the King be , fore mass, by M. Lain& the Mi►;iiter of the interior. " There was no Public Sitting, nor Secret Com mittee of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. The Committee appointed on Saturday Assembled. It is thought there will he a Public Sitting to morrow, to receive the Report of the last men tioned Committee, on the address to the King. Thera is to be a Sitting of the Chamber of Peers to-day for a similar purpose. "'Tie King is again better, the Fin having nearly ceased. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday. 64 f. ---- c. DEFERRED srfiCK Of the cud March, !RI 7, 77 f. 42(1 Sept. Kl 7, 2.1 , 1 March, 1818, 73 f. —c. tid Sept. 1818, 7l f. C. HAMBLIIIOII, DEc. 13 —Thc Gram! D..!;e Constantine r.rlived oit the 3d insta n t et IVars3w. "Titeus, Dec. J 3 —By order of Majesty, the horses belonging to the troops returning from France, which are not wanted for the service, are to be distributed gratuitously among the farmers, upon condition of their each furnishing a horse fit for service when the army shall be put in movement. " VIENNA, DEC. 11.----The Emperor of Russia, who is expected here to-morrow, will set out the 2lst instant for Bronn. " FaANKFORT, DEC. 17.—We learn from Dres^ den, that the King of S.lxony proceeded on the Bth instant to Clhe►ouitz, to meet the Emperor of Rushia." Philadelphia Papers to the 20,h ult. arrived his morning. (From The Baltimore Telegraph of the iGth Nor.) Clytain Goyim, of the schooner Harriut, an ►ived at this Port, in 10 days, from Havannah, ins forms, that the troops, to take possession of Pen sacola, were making preparations to sail, having' taken several coasting craft for transporting them. The former Governor wits to proceed with the Expedition. No cruizers bad been seen off the Havannah for some time. The General Assembly of Prince Edward's Island had been dissolved by a Proclamation from Colonel DOUGLASS SMITH, the Governor, by which all persons concerned were to govern thew selves accordingly. Though the reports which have been circulated through the Opposition Papers, stating that a Re volution had actually taken place in Spain, have been disproved by accounts of a date posterior to the time at which tl►e event was said to have oc curred, and are, indeed, to be deemed malignant inventions that shew the wishes of the writers, yet there can be no doubt that Spain is in a very critical condition, and perhaps on the eve of very important consequences. It must he admitted, that FERDINAND began his reign under favourable auspices. It was declared that he intended to make the reign of his grandfather, CHARLES 111. the modal of his political conduct, as that Monarch was universally considered as the most wise and virtuous who ever sat on the Spanish Throne. We knew this fact from the most positive autho• rity, and we stated it at the time, anticipating ao enlightened Government, and consequently a happy People. What has induced the present Monarch to devißte from that laudable system, which has rendered the character of his Grand' father en object of esteem, veneration, An d affection, we know► not, but the revival of the Inquisition, and the exclusion of useful literary works from the kingdom, by the authority of dila tribunal, plainly evinces, that he is in the hands of ill-advisers. However we must not trust t* the reports of the Revolutionary Journals; Oa Jacobinical Agents in . this Country, and through" out Europe, who first circulate falsehoods and then found upon them the most mischievou s reflections, and the most gloomy predictions. -- " ‘Ve hope for the best, and should by no means be surprised to find that the conduct of FertnisAN a has been misrepresented, and his errors much es— sggerated by those who are constantly endeavour .- ing to bring Royalty into contempt, and to effect the total destruction of all Monarchical Govern" ments. [CIRCULAR.] " Fore 4n-Otlice, Dee. te, WS , " As, npon the Meeting of Parliament, which - is fixed fiir Thursday, the 14th of next month, the Houec of Conirno3 will immediately proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and re Lisa consideration of other matters of great importance, Ita lie the liberty to acquaint you that a full attendance is O ist highly desirable at the opening of the Session. " I have the honour to be, " Your most faithful awl obedient servant, " CASTLEIIE AGO!' AARON GRAHAM, SQ.—We announce wi th regret the (fetal, at this Gentleman. He had ba ll the victim of a very severe indisposition opvig r i d : of fi ve years, which did not a ff ect Liz mind, !'" retained his faculties to the lent, but rendered Will, too weak iii body to he capable of any exerti.l He had readied the 65th year of his age, god ale , yesterdity morning, at house, in Great Cide e! :, street, Lincoln's Inn- fi elds. lie had long b ee — g one of the Police Magistrates at the Bow-s ire % Office, where, for a shout period, he presided Chief, hot reigned the situation on findlog, 111. " health decline. He yeas an upright Magistrate' as well as an intelligent, uselid, and judicl: '''emb'r of Society, and W 46 conversant Wita business in various provinces. Ile: fo r sp ., few beasons, 8 upenntended the concerns of Ort ir ;', Lane Theatre, and if he had been 8 1)1c1 be continue in that situation, it can l o rdly doubted that his vigilance, judgment, and knowledge, would !lave'enabied t't aver s those einhartassments in which that prope r • Y since bee" involved. He has left ~tte a in the Navy, and who h a , di himselt in the service by zeal, spill' ability on several occasions. , Lord CASTLEERRAOI4 closelYen.if,aced i ° , 1 11 1 7,; "e'a3'hi,iiig yes . erd,,v a! '-e roreion Office. 1 4 'oi•ele,;1 Aimhaisadnr's and Nlinist7is bwve up , bn his Lordship, In p: 0 , 7 t h e i r respe 2(s je; i iecti o g i ! ) , N o bl e Vi:;coLlik ht:alA: since lais EU I.iv l ,? itr , horn Borr►l With the 1 hmilh d y I The Diaui (lon, were in l a ,. 6. Centurion 3 0(1) June th e o‘i 4 s)ex, eV ALTER, TALMot p qibraltar, Lte on 1 fro►ii the Crew :ire r DEAL, 11 -6;er, tli Notfolk. 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